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A

VOYAGE

ROUND THE

WORLD,

IN

His Britannic Majesty's Sloop, Resolution,

commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the Years 1772, 3, 4, and 5.

ByGEORGE FORSTER,F.R.S.

Member of the Royal Academy of Madrid, and of the Society for promoting Natural Knowledge at Berlin.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL.I.

On ne repousse point la verité fans bruit,
Et de quelque façon qu'on l'arrête au passage,
On verra tôt-ou-tard que c'etoit un outrage,
Dont il falloit qu'au moins la honte fut le fruit.

De Missy.

LONDON,

Printed for B. White, Fleet-Street; J. Robson, Bond Street; P. Elmsly, Strand; and G. Robinson, Pater-noster-Row.

MDCCLXXVII.